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apr 14, 1865 - Lincoln assassinated

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John Wilkes Booth (pro-Confederate actor) assassinated the president, yelling "Sic semper tyrannis" (Viriginia's state motto about "Thus always to tyrants")

result: union morns, opens questions about the postwar political order

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apr 14, 1865
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~ 161 years ago